Well, I've gotten quite a bit more use out of my brush axe and, so far, I love it. It had no problem splitting wood, clearing brush, making fuzz sticks, and other wise doing what would be expected of it. In fact, it is now one of my favorite outdoor tools. Combined with my sawvivor saw I had no problem getting plenty of wood cut and split to keep my campfires well fed.

Here is a picture of my buddy Ray trying it out splitting some wet wood on a camping trip in one of PA's state forests. He grew up in the jungle of Venezuela and he said he preferred it to the machetes he used to use as a kid.:



Ended up getting a nice morning fire going, even with wood that was thoroughly saturated.



On a side note, the view from the hike we went on that day was beautiful: